The rotary-wing (RW) portion of the UK Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS) programme took a step forward with the announcement on 8 December that the first of 29 Airbus Helicopters H135 Juno platforms had arrived in-country. Helicopter G-CJIW arrived at Airbus Helicopters' UK hea...

Turkey remains a vital and committed member of NATO, according to the alliance's leader Under the surface though there are major tensions between Turkey and the West Turkey's commitment to the alliance and its values remains "rock solid" despite the excesses of its post-coup purge of ...

UK-specific weapons trials of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) have continued with the first guided drop of a Raytheon Paveway IV precision-guided munition (PGM) announced on 5 December. A timelapse photo showing the first guided drop of a Paveway IV P...

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US Army officials hope to accelerate the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) rotorcraft programme, but funding is already a challenge in the effort's first year. FVL, a notional group of five rotorcraft classes (each referred to as a 'capability set'), is a new start programme in fiscal year 2...

The Russian Navy's Admiral Kuznetsov air wing suffered its second loss in less than a month when a Sukhoi Su-33 'Flanker' combat aircraft crashed into the sea following a landing mishap, the Kremlin confirmed on 5 December. The multirole fleet defence fighter crashed into the Mediterr...

The US Air Force (USAF) has issued a draft request for proposals (RfP) for a new penetrator warhead to replace its current BLU-109/B and BLU-109C/B systems. The draft RfP for the BLU-137/B Penetrator Warhead, released on 2 December, covers low-rate initial production (LRIP) and four f...

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has taken delivery of six new patrol boats built by local shipyard Marsun, reflecting the country's growing naval shipbuilding capabilities. The RTN said on 2 December that the Marsun M21 patrol boats were received by RTN commander Admiral Na Areenich at a ce...

The Indian government has blamed Ecuador for the high loss rate of its Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Dhruv utility helicopters after the Latin American country decided to get rid of its remaining platforms. Answering questions in parliament in late November, the Indian minister ...